Did your child ever take Ritalin? Millions of kids have. Will they be prevented from getting pistol permits?

What’s a psychotropic drug? Since when does the information from your doctor get sent to the state police? Oh, I forgot. That’s one of the goals of government-controlled medicine - government ALREADY will have the information.

The libs will search out more. Ever been prescribed medication for migraine headaches? How about hypertension? Ever had a DUI? You drink too much!! People who drink too much cannot have guns!!! They are EVILLLLLL!!!!!!!!

15 posted on 04/10/2013 3:31:26 PM PDT by jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)

The black market for guns is about to get real busy. I wonder why alcoholics get a pass here. Or pot smokers. There’s no end to finding the excuse needed to confiscate a gun. The SCOTUS needs to act on this (yeah, yeah I know..).

"Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death. "

20 posted on 04/10/2013 3:36:25 PM PDT by elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)

Regardless of any Rx that anyone is taking this is a first to take away someones 2nd Amendment rights based on the premise of mental health issues without the due process of being adjudicated mentally incompetent in a court of law with the benefit of counsel. This is an outrage.

24 posted on 04/10/2013 3:46:18 PM PDT by TigersEye
(The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person (other than
2 a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed col3
lector, or licensed dealer) to knowingly purchase, or at4
tempt or conspire to purchase, any firearm in or otherwise
5 affecting interstate or foreign commerce
6 (1) from a licensed importer, licensed manu7
facturer, licensed collector, or licensed dealer for, on
8 behalf of, or at the request or demand of any other
9 person, known or unknown; or
10 (2) from any person who is not a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed collector, or
12 licensed dealer for, on behalf of, or at the request or
13 demand of any other person, known or unknown,
14 knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that
15 such other person

(p. 18)
(D) has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution;

I think that the Ammoland article makes a critical point that needs to be followed up on:

Either the gun banners admit that psychotropic drugs are a common feature of mass shootings and therefore should be looked at more closely, rather than passing useless gun control laws*,

Or the gun banners admit that this is just an excuse to confiscate guns. They can’t have it both ways.

*I’m not suggesting that I back the automatic confiscation of guns from a person that is prescribed these drugs; I’m suggesting that 1) the drugs themselves need to be carefully looked at, and 2) the gun banners must be consistent and we must require them to be so. They can’t be allowed to claim that the drugs had nothing to do with the shootings and then simultaneously claim that all who take them must surrender their guns.

35 posted on 04/10/2013 3:58:00 PM PDT by hitkicker
(The only thing worse than a politician is a child molester)

They have already won and just are starting their Nazi like sweep to confiscate guns and render the 2nd Amendment moot.

As those who supported the 2nd never drew a line in the sand the left has been free to keep pushing and pushing until they succeeded in going past the point of no return.

It is downright amazing an Amendment which singles out itself by stating unequivocally “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” is infringed on a daily basis by just about every level of government AND WE DO NOTHING so why should the commies on the left be afraid. They won!